Burke: Anemone parviflora

	Anemone parviflora
	northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower
Habit	Sub-glabrous to densely hairy perennial from slender, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.
Leaves	Basal leaves several, the blades cordate-reniform, 1.5-3 cm. broad, ternate, the leaflets wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, the lateral pair deeply lobed as well; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves above the midpoint, these simple but deeply tri-lobed.
Flowers	Flowers single: sepals usually 5, white or bluish tinged, hairy on the outer surface, 10-15 mm. long; petals none; stamens and pistils numerous.
Fruits	Achenes densely woolly, obovate, 2-2.5 mm. long; style straight, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous.

	Anemone parviflora
Flowering time	May-August
Habitat	Mountain meadows and subalpine stream banks.
Distribution	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, in scattered locations in Utah and Colorado, and also east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin	Native
Conservation status	Not of concern
Sibling taxa	A. deltoidea, A. drummondii, A. lyallii, A. multifida, A. occidentalis, A. oregana, A. patens, A. piperi
Web links	Local floras: BC, OR, WA Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Anemone parviflora

northern anemone, small-flowered anemone, northern windflower

Habit

Sub-glabrous to densely hairy perennial from slender, horizontal rhizomes, the flowering stems 5-20 cm. tall.

Leaves

Basal leaves several, the blades cordate-reniform, 1.5-3 cm. broad, ternate, the leaflets wedge-shaped, coarsely toothed, the lateral pair deeply lobed as well; the flowering stem naked except for a whorl of 3 leaves above the midpoint, these simple but deeply tri-lobed.

Flowers

Flowers single: sepals usually 5, white or bluish tinged, hairy on the outer surface, 10-15 mm. long;

petals none;

stamens and pistils numerous.

Fruits

Achenes densely woolly, obovate, 2-2.5 mm. long;

style straight, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous.

Anemone parviflora

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Mountain meadows and subalpine stream banks.

Distribution

Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in the North Cascades in Washington; Alaska to northern Washington, east to Montana and Wyoming, in scattered locations in Utah and Colorado, and also east across northern Canada to the Atlantic Coast.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa